I’m glad everyone enjoyed the “Much Ado about Shakespeare” post so much! It got far more hits and re-postings than any other post thus far. Thanks for your support! Today’s book is The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. I missed the bandwagon on this book. It was very popular a few years ago, and […]
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John Grisham’s Confession
For the first time since the creation of this blog, I’ve failed to reach my goal of posting three times a week, and I apologize. I’ve had a tough time writing this week, so my other projects took more time and creative energy than usual, and I didn’t feel any motivation to blog. I’ll do […]
Chick Lit and Then Came You
So far, I’ve given my thoughts on a novel, two showbiz memoirs, a mystery, a history, and a YA series. I want to keep mixing it up, so tonight I’m going to write about women’s fiction, specifically the latest novel by Jennifer Weiner called Then Came You.
How I Choose Books
Last weekend I was out with my friend at a local bookstore and she asked me, “How do you choose what books to read?” It’s a great question, because there are so many books out there that interest me, but even if I read all day and all night (what a great job that would be!) […]
A Book That Disappointed Me- Part 2
My second disappointing book experience this summer was… Okay, it wasn’t actually The Hunger Games, book 1. It wasn’t even Catching Fire, book 2. It was really…
The Gender Divide
UPDATE 9/5/11 on The Gender Divide- Thank you so much for all the suggestions. I just finished requesting library books! I do want to add a few favorite male authors that I hadn’t been thinking about at the time of this post: Ken Follett (best known for The Pillars of the Earth, but I prefer […]